VIDEO: One Way to Secure Your RV After-Hours

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VIDEO: Boondocking & Green RVing w/ the PowerSource 1800

Gear to Get with Brian Brawdy One of the necessities of Green RVing, boondocking & dry camping is the ability to generate power. By tapping into the free and ubiquitous energies of the sun, I’m able to go off road, off the grid while staying out longer. In this video, I look at the cutting edge technology of the PowerSource 1800. A uniquely designed solar powered generator. For more information on Brian Brawdy or Greening your RV, please visit BrianBrawdy.com  Read More →

RV Doctor – A Real RV Plumbing Miracle!

Dear RV Doctor, I think there is something wrong with the monitor panel in my RV. I just dumped both holding tanks and still the 1/4, the 1/2, and the Full lights are lit for the black water holding tank. On the gray tank, it still shows 1/4 full. The water tank, however, registers fine. I know the holding tanks are completely empty….I just emptied them! Do I need to replace the monitor panel? Read more  Read More →

RV Weekly Round-Up (Sept. 5-18, 2009)

Check out these highlights of RV-related news, events and video from this past fortnight. 1. Indiana Sees Returning Jobs as RV Sales Rise: Elkhart County builds about half the RVs sold in the U.S., making it the center of a $14 billion domestic market. Evidence of a turnaround is showing up in new companies such as Heritage One, sprouting from the remains of failed manufacturers, and in no-vacancy signs at a motel favored by RV-hauling truckers. Keystone RV Co., a Goshen-based unit of Thor Industries, the largest U.S. RV maker, announced last month it will add 200 workers to expand travel-trailer output, said Dorinda Heiden-Guss, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County. Jayco is also recruiting, she said. Read more  Read More →

VIDEO: Gear to Get with Brian Brawdy – Smart Drain by Thetford

by Brian Brawdy In this episode of Gear to Get, I take a look at one of the most necessary, yet unexciting aspects of RVing; how to focus on dumping your black and gray water tanks in a safe and sanitary way. When we get to a dump station, we need to be able to count on our gear, and a dependable hose is just one piece of the larger puzzle. To learn more about Brian Brawdy and the Green RV, please visit BrianBrawdy.com  Read More →

VIDEO: Portable Power & Light with Brian Brawdy

Of all amenities in everyday life we tend to take for granted, electrical power tops the list. We flip a switch and voila, power! But what of those situations, emergency or exploration, when you need backup, portable power. What is your plan for emergency lighting? Being unprepared in this realm is one of the 7 Sins of Summer Safety In this video you will learn how to secure power and light for all of your on demand needs. ________ To learn more about Brian Brawdy and for more tips, news and commentary on emergency preparedness, outdoor exploration and survival, please visit BuriedLogic.com  Read More →

VIDEO: How to Purify and Filter Water Safely

According to Scientists, 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, 3% of that water is considered freshwater and an even smaller degree of that freshwater is considered drinkable. With all the reports of late highlighting summertime heat waves across our country, and the focus of those reports being on the need for proper hydration, the ability to find fresh, drinkable water, either in an emergency situation, in the backcountry or as you travel on the open road is of utmost importance. Failure to properly hydrate is one of the 7 Sins of Summer Safety. In this video we are going to look at ways to make water, drinking water. __________ To learn more about Brian Brawdy and for more tips, news and commentary on emergency preparedness, outdoor exploration and survival, please visit BuriedLogic.com  Read More →

RV Weekly Round-Up (June 27-July 3, 2009)

Check out these highlights of RV-related news, events and video from this past week. 1. Georgia Couple Wins Keystone Travel Trailer is First Phase of National Sweepstakes: A South Georgia couple, Mackie and Gail Daniels, have won a new $26,000 Keystone Springdale travel trailer in the first phase of Keystone’s Live Your Dreams Sweepstakes, through which Keystone RV Co. Inc. is giving away four towable RVs between June of 2009 and February of 2010. Read more  Read More →

VIDEO: Gear to Get with Brian Brawdy – Xantrex PROwatt SW Inverter Series

Starting my second year as a full time RVer and boondocker, I needed to find a better way of accessing power. In that I’ve used my six solar panels and wind turbine to capture those natural enegies and store it in my six 100 AMP Kinetik Power Cells, I needed to learn how to let the genie out of the bottle. In searching for an affordable soultion to supply portable AC power for all my electric devices including video and still cameras, computers, cellphones, Duracell backup batteries and iPods, I turned to Xantrex. I first learned of Xantrex when I installed the RS3000 Sine Wave Inverter/Charger and C Series Charge Controller on the Green RV. In this video you will learn about the new Xantrex PROwatt SW Sine-Wave Inverter Series. _______ To learn more about Conservation thru Exploration and Greening your RV, visit BrianBrawdy.com  Read More →

Step One in an RV Makeover

For over 16 months now I have lived full-time in my Lance Camper. 48 States and an odometer pushing 70,000 miles gave me a personal best. With a wee bit of celebration in mind, and to kick off the Summer of ’09, I wanted to treat myself right so I turned to Thetford. There is something about a porcelain toilet. Now, if you’ve never spent a year and a half on a factory installed plastic one, you’re probably thinking, “it’s not all that big of a deal.” Well, for me it was time for an upgrade, and a state-of-the-art one at that. Now when Nature calls I’ll be answering with a new toilet. Read more  Read More →

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